United States stocks hold near 14-month low on a volatile day

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 82.66 points, or 0.35 percent, to 23,675.64, the S&P 500 gained 0.22 point, or 0.01 percent, to 2,546.16 and the Nasdaq Composite added 30.18 points, or 0.45 percent, to 6,783.91.

The Dow for last week was down 1.18 percent, the S&P down 1.26 and the Nasdaq down 0.84 percent.

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump and his top trade adviser stepped up their criticism of the central bank's monetary tightening, raising investor anxiety.

US stocks were boosted by upbeat earnings and tech companies. The Stoxx 600 lost 0.6% before 9 a.m. local time, closing in on two-year lows and is down 12% so far this year.

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U.S. stocks held near a 14-month low on a volatile day that saw the benchmark gauge swing nearly 2 percent from trough to peak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 507 points after a 496 point drop Friday. Analysts described the moves on Wall Street as a panic by retail investors. Exxon Mobil fell 2.7%, Chevron lost 2.4% and ConocoPhillips dropped 1.9% as the USA and Russian Federation continue to pump at record levels ahead of planned output cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies.

Watch the major USA indexes trade in real time here. The Nasdaq composite lost 156 points, or 2.3 percent, to 6,753.

In addition to the looming government shutdown threat, investors prepared for the outcome of the two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, which began on Tuesday. The Russell 2000, an index of smaller companies, has dropped more than 20 percent since the end of August, meaning that index is now in what Wall Street calls a "bear market".

ITALY: There was also some relief, particularly in Europe, that Italy had reached an agreement with the European Commission on its budget plans, which the EU's executive arm had warned could break the euro's rules and lead to legal action. Companies across the country have been doing similarly throughout this year, but investors have often given the better-than-expected performances less attention than their worries about slowing economic growth, higher interest rates and global trade tensions.

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Hackett said the current drop is similar to the market's big plunge in late 2015 and early 2016, which was also tied to fears that the global economy was weakening in a hurry.

CURRENCIES: The dollar weakened to 112.39 yen from 112.52 yen in late trading Tuesday.

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